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~„ '. :'f !AA , "A(.. MAILS. tit ven —1 Dublin. t Waterford. Dus-1. tiottettburgh, I Dublini t Waterford. T.HT SUN. .1101414 ~~cwok ;ayslat►r ? 1. 0 N-71* 0 IV, - t r UKSI I .Mir, APRIL 5 1 1808. tions which a Placeman ought 'riot to occupy, that the public might not even suspe 4 him. That in question appeared to him to be one of these, The night Hon. Gentleman had asked why,the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means Might not be as honourable and. impartial as,the Speaker; it must be recolleCted, that in the Committee of Finance, Mr. Wharton's opinion and vote had. constant influence,: while those of the Chair ofthat., }louse ,were seldom called forth., Once indeed on the ever memorable occasion id April, 1805,. it 4ad been _incontroVertibly proved that strict impar tiality was compatible with the situation of a Speaker of the House of 'Commons. 'With reEtpett to the anointtnent.of - the . Chairpan of the Committee of Ways and Means ;to his' office, it was well knoern, that that always fbuk place in consequence of 6 re 7. commendation. from Ministers. He did not cop tend.tbatit-Was improper;. he only contended tbai the person who• obtained that Chair was rendered ' unfit for-the-Committee of Finance. .He might be a very honourable man, and so might the First Lord of the Admiralty, and so might the First;Lord of the. Treasury, and so might the Secretary of State.-^olt, They might be all honourable men, although they. voted one day against the prodnetion, of papers, and another day for the procluetion ; although they .said No to a proposition 'to which they were soon after prepared to say Yes; but though they were all honourable men ; ''' he did not think that the public would be .perfeelly satisfied- to .;see them in the !Committee of 'Finance. He trusted that the House would agree to the Motion for. the purpose of sutir' stituting fur the Chairman of the Committee .of 'Ways and Means, 'a man who has given unques tionable evidence of his capacity, to fill.any situation, -however high and inaportant its duties. Mr. H. BROWNE opposed the motion . There was a narrow and vulgar prejudice against persons in place, which be did nut wish to see encouraged.--s- It was disparaging to ofEce--;it was disparaging' to 'the country. If the Hon. Gentleman who was th'e objeet of this motion were to.be removed from , the Committee of Finance, that Committee would' lose - One of its most valuable Members. He was sur prised that the Han. Gentlein,4l Should hake me tioned what had occurred in the'Committee. Whitt respea Co the transaction to which lie had alluded it Was a question of small importance; on winch th Committee happened to be equally divided, 'and on which the. Chairman of the Committee of Ways 'nd Meant; happened' to , be on `one side rather than .on the other. • • , Mr. HURD was anxious 'that it. should. be 'di 8- tinaly understood that this proposition was the' etiontaneous a& of his Hon. FriencL . He stated this lest he should be suspeded-of-having stimu-, Mated him, to make a motion, the ultimate objeCt-sof which was, to appoint him (Mr. Ward) to a situa tion, to the duties of which he felts himself incorn-. patent. With resped to the 'suite& immediately'• before the HOU*, lie could not be expeCted to offer any opinion. He would only 'add, that if he had any influence with his Hon. Friend, he would re commend, to him to withdraw his. motion, or at least not tq press it. to a division.• Mr..PONSON.I3Y supporeetl it, as the Chair *an of Ways and Means had already eneugh to oc 'cupy him. . Mr.. BIDDULPH denied that it was in conse . nuenCe of the vote which Mr. Wharton 'gave in the 'Committee that he .brought ,forward h 0 Motion 'and he assurett. the Right Hon. Gentl em i n ,ioppositc to him, that if he Were.called to any appoint:A:tent in the State, he w ou ld perform its tun Mons falthfully without.-fee or reward. ,• • ! ' 1 : The House divided— For the MOtion Against it 21 • • " Majority - —49 After a short conversation between Mr. TIERNEY,. Sir JOIN NEWPORT, and Mr. FOSTER, the Com mittee on the Irish Supply Bill was postponed till ; Nednesday . next. Some Papers relative to the Danish Navy, were toresented, and ordered to lie upon the table. .; The House then resolved itself into a CorprojAce, to hear Evidence in support of the Petition pf,th e ; American Merchilpts against 010 Orders in, Council till; and several Witneises were examined by Mr. Alexander Baring, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Rose, Mr. Tierney, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Steven's. Adjourned at half past twelves }'RICE OF STOCKS Tliia TIA If AT TWILV IL O'CLOCK. Colllsols • • • 10, P . 64ii Wv yesterday stated, that when the post left Ply. mouth on Saturday, the Leyden, from off the l'agui, was standing into the Sound, and that it w not known what intelligence she brought : we have now 4n - fly to add, that she brings no news of any •im. portance. Another report was yesterday circulated respect ing; the battle which is supposed to have taken place in the Mediterranean. It was stated that a Noble toKi had received a Moniteur of 'a late date, which stated, that the French Squadron had sustained a check in the Mediterranean. According to another account, a French Paper of the 22d ult. (not the Moniker) contains the fa towing article :—" Letters from Bayonne speak of a naval battle in the Mediterranean on the last day of February) one of the most aangninary thistles hap paned in the maritime history of the:present cen tury, The particulars are not yet 'fiillylnown." But after the/Post diligent inquiry we cannot find that any such Papers have been received, and we believe this report is entitled to as little credit ai taosa which we noticed yesterday. , St11(LIN:11, hl the Diatienz, t urrit - ,:d ye:-; terdpy, in the4.)owos, having : the following Fleet,of indiatiten from Bedgal and Madiai inkier his .etit ,.Marchloness o 1 EXeter, Admiral Catchier t AOKI Melville Dover Castle, Baring,Unitecl Kingdom, .andDevaynt.s, Tot tenham and Union, extra Ships. The Dialem left the Cape on the loth January, at •thtttstimetheCsarrison were in perfe6t health.. Ihe Last-Tudiatoen exiled from Bengal, Op. the 11th of Oclobery from Madras on. the .24111 , --arrived nt the Cape of Good Hope On'the 30th ofbecem- . "ber, ailed froth thence on i otli Jannary—arrived a t St. Helen's on istli January, and sailed on 4th Fe bruary. The E.rperinie nt And 71g- - icss. East-Indiamen Ar .Tived at the Cape of Good Hope; and sailed from thence 1 oth January, for iuciia. • ,),11 :Orit of the OppOsition Papers informs us, that a Letter ha's just been received frond Holland, stating, that ", the Orelers of Council have excited, tile ode of the Continent, the language'of which. is, that 'we hale lent Oii`f hands to execute, the. piirposes of nce • as .Prance th:re44ti4.l . 'What she „ • could not perform, we have come flii - Ward. and per formed it oiarselvd. 4. We heartily 'tin2 - raValate the Dutch upon their facetiOusnes' which is the . mare •to be.adMired in. therm,. as this. same Letter con fesses, that " Holland is in a t3fate•Of ex treme distress—that the ta%es are not paii„ ; ! . and that .Government is compelled to compromise with the •defaulters !" I. Assuredly this• Pleasant Statenien(Of `our witty iteipbuqurs clots riot abSolut'ely'pro've that • ,we have lentAttr bands to ext;eute inc;prrrposes, tf i ,- lileakee . !"'•:Nordoes , what•foilows., in , the-same Let : . 'aitogetter . 'ConVince us that Frat;ce thre'at'eneci 9:: • ~ 77ti z) . • , Sile:gggid .not perform, since we learn that ft . , 44 . ll:.A'mericztri .Ves4elS which have obeyed the-Or 'lrirs Of Connell 'are innitediately forfeited 1" The questioq;.alter detailing the ilrliiiant,Sallies . meek • . of the Dutch upon th o s e unfortuitate,Orders,- ly adkiq:•—" We should hope 'thit'thCie points are .knot well founded.:" a trait of roodesiy thit, iu thoe days, of impudent pretension to politkal:sagacity, - cantrot be rob hi hly applatided, sine . .every one of these prints" has been positively asserted a htlki 'Aired times, within the last two months; in the %cry • Paper which , new-littefts to doubt 'of their foUnda tion . This is ,the whitiing,l)ypotfrisy of a . • .. disap pointed and malevolent arty thy tirSt . supply the Enemy with 'argument. , .; such as they are, apinst their Country ;. and, '. hew the‘y their; adopted, re-itasert, them' their favoutite tits sembled.appren.e.nsion, and a canting hope, as in the present instance, that they are " :trot well founded !" Tile real fad, however, is, 'a .fa6l Which can no longer be palliated or concealed, that the Orders in Council have had an effeel on France and her Al- ,:lies tar beYond the most: sanguine eitpet;tatiOns of those .who,so ably proposed .anacarried them into praEtice: They. are deeply. felt.in.every part of Europe ; and, if maintained with the same -ft . trialneSs and vigour, that. prevail at, present, will :inevitably, in tln 'course •of a feW Months, decide this 16ng p‘retra'aed struggle in our Wont . But there must be no relaxatlon, no mitigation of severity— noiattentiori to that - puritanical whining Which, would convert Parliament into a conventicle, and, while it.•pasiies over in 'silence the rigid interdict - which BUONAPARTP. has laid tin .the exportation of grain, thunders out its anatheinai; against a simple attempt to raise the price of bark ! Already France is . agi tated and alarmed: hence those pathetic .remon strances against our unfortunate blindness, which till the pages of ,the Monitetir hence those kind intimations that we are "lending otir lianas, to exe cute her dearest purposes!" hence those prophetic assurances, those considerate warnings; that vile• are • incurring the displeasure of the Continent, and in.. juring ourselves through the sides of those innocent and dliintereited. Neutrals, who have hitherterrO• -lieved us from the Carrying trade, and borne the biirthen . of 'our' profits ! Topics, which have long since lost the grace of novelty with our iteaders,and which the French politicians, much to the discred of 'their ingenuity, have , borrowed, without .a single improvement, from the senatorial harangues of those ,profound and disinterested,Statesmen, Lords' Avoli."- LAND and SIDMOUTIi, as delivered itt the Opposi tion Papers Dispatches from Admiral Sir A.t.ExANUE.R Coon !UNE were yesterday received at the Admiralty : 'they contain an account of several of the ,Enemy's Privateers having been captured by the Ships under his orders. Sit JAMES SAUNIAREZ had yesterday a long inter view with the Duke of PORTLAND and Lord CAS ?LAHR/COO, at Burlington House, and afterwards with Lord AItYLGRAVE, at the Admiralty. I.l l Jrn the number of flat-bottomed Boats that are landing at Deal, not less than 200, it iy sup pasti that another Expedition is preparing. Other Boats are nearly completed, which are to carry cat - A Letter from Demerara, dated 20th JannarY, 1808, says—"'An Emblrgo W:l4 yesterday hiid on all Wssels hem, tnerely to detain the Amerivrtis fr.)in getting away, till re see on which side 11,•y w declare." Bread continues at last weelL'el4ice. 1 NAVA E W S. r: • i • PoarsmouVr, A RIL 4.-41.rrived this day the Boadicea Frigate, Capt. MAITLAND, from a cruize off Havre; Brilliant Frigate, ,and dnt Schooner, from Guernsey ; and Streniiaus Gun-brig, from a cruize. Also the Eckbse, Ricamtbsos,,,,and Li lerty, SHOIViEtt (Transports), from Guerh3ey, in 12 hours. • nosed by a Flea of boisters and Vianallets from the Westward: . .• ii . :igatc, Capt. POUVERLE, has cap- Ored and sent inni this Port a French Lugger .Pri .; y , ateer; and has detitined and sent in, the American ;Ship riLvander, cf Boston ) FRANCIS HOWELL Mas , ter. The whole of thid. day it has,. blown a . most ire-. "tpendOns, gale frotri the S.W. .and 'the Aristides Aperican Caps., ,GAI,LOGHIE .(cletairte4 , by ; the Fig Privateer), parted frs)m both her anchors and tap into . FLIrb(M ; a , lzirge Brig is ,aground °Li Southse9,:,Apagli, atscl, an Ainerican Shi is on th.! ,p §hinglei,-near Ertl . StVorth liarbour,.and i - it is .fear ed, .dainbied. • • The .iVenzesi‘i SOM ER V lI I LE , (instead ,of. the , Thetis), grantsf;conioy instruetions.to . the Trade: bound to Neivionntiland, Canada' and Nova L , :. t; ,:" . 3. E i k Maj D esty'a Brigs Virago and-Bold ; the former from Plymouth, the linter from .POrtsmouth; with Convoys, which are sAlcd foithe Liver: 3, -• , . .3 .• • Arrived this afternocin'Ris Majestys Ship Dia dem,—llenr-Adiniral STier.rNo, froth the 'Cape of, having tin:ler ,her conyoy the fiord Melville, Baring, -Devayies, Admiral Gardner, .MarchiottesOf. _Zteter, Kingdoms, i)oVer . . • Castle,' Union, and - Tatothrzni East Indiamen, and Pnrilo;:d Solit Sc . a . coati ; and remain;; in tho,Downs with the Ships as per last. . DOVORy APRIL 4.—The East India Fleet, con 6t. ',bur Whatersciaassed by thii place tltisaft er noon i fbr, tbe powns. CHII.DEItS SLOOP,OU WAR. 0n Thursday last came into Leith Harbour,. to be • rePa:t.ed; lei. ALtjesty's Sloop bili/di.rs, after an en gagement with a Panish Brig of War of very snpe rt6rforoe. «e ore .harpy to lay , before the. Public Coiiy Lfr'Capt. litettiN's Btatemen ch t to the Ai11..) ..) ha . ho Ve • signified their, high approbation of hi 9 cc.trmiu&- as weii,as that his Officers and Creve, ivy I .. ,(ttet, and conferred on him the . rank ofTest Captain. • • Leith; March xB, 1838. I have the ho'nour to . yon, - that on' the 14th inst. at four P. M. 'when standing in for the coast of Norway, a Sail Was discovered in shore and, on seeing us,'appeared - to be seeking a port t r safety; We iiist4otly, gave: Chase; with a fresh breeze from. the eastward. As we neared her, she was llntlit!damongst the rocks, out of Our Sight; to take slicker in the Sthall port or Midbe. Immediately a number of boats came out to her assistance, I sup poie with the intentio n . of removing her cargo.— 1 di s p a tched Mr.War..soN, Mting'lViaster, areorn ixtnicti by 21 , 1r.XNtoti-r, Mate, With'the Cutter well armedi to bring! her Out ; the Jolly-boat was also sent with Mr. M‘NicueLt., Gunner, and Mr. La Nava, Purser, who volunteered his services. This ,ditty; was performed by Mr. WiLsoti, with the ut•-• (mit gallantry; far when tniking with the Boats, they. were dispersed' in all direftioni; leaving him at liberty to board .the Ve.issel, in doing which he t was opposed by the: inliahititits with' musketry, whilst others 14q1ed'dOwn s . .oties upon our Olen froM the - top of the, precipice, under which she lay secure - ed;:hoWever, she was carried without any lois, 16 the astonislunent of an inCregishig multitude, NVII4 crowded together on the surrounding heights. .She is a Galliot (name unknown, her crew having deg s'ertedy with only part of her cargo, consisting cipally,of oil and fish, Scarcely had the Galliot hove in sight from un. der the rocks„When alarge Brig was obs'OrverlcOming out of Hitteroe. He, bore down on Os with - co:61i:- dence, indicating a . Vessel of force, and apparently u the design of rescuing. the Prize. About six he got on our weather-beam, and, judging'hiM to be within the reach of:our guns, I sent a challenge, by tiring a shot over hi n. He hauled his wind close, and kept in-shere. Finding he would not join tis, I Made sail for the purpose of bringing him to aaion, which soon commenced at half gun-shot range, distant from tile shore half-a-mile, passing each other on different tacks— When he received our first broadside, he caught fire forward, anck had we been closer at the: moment, to profit of his confusion, I have no 'doubt of the result. He kept so near theland, that lie was held from our view, so that we could only be guid . ed in Our fire the'flash of his gti6s, and*ere also, riotn this eireums!anee, prevented weathering hith. We Continued engaging him in this manner for three lictirs, - - but found he ha 1 a decided advantage over us. 'The Dane was a Man of War, well appointed in " ; ..; 0. • , ; catiyiqg i4ng eighteen seemingly hat.l takgrt fresh, : bourage . atlert 4 .f..W bf out broadsides, as, : if awar ow inferiO'rity to hip in weight. of rnetal, , ,the..,Chi.Mere ! bearing onlirti*elve pounder carronedes,: latterly, his guns urere se well .that every ; 01;4 us misehief, ,partioui. larly between wind and . v:Ater....Qpserving t,hat no thing:Could be done.- Whilst ~he kept So, near hi; own port, : from whence he might, at. pleasure draw fresh, supplies a men, conceivedpiari - of • enticing him cut to sea; where thecontest would be more . equal, by. giring.l: us an ppl.iortanity Hilt forcing forcing him to close 11 ion, - whibli be bad hitherto so, repeatedly ,avoided. 11l order to, etTe6t this, T. stood out under easy sal. ! It WWI scale time before he iefisheci.the idea of folloi/ing ; but in the'enci • he did . so: At eleven he Ir:'nb. about three mile oil . the land. , I set the courSes.and tacks, intending to Weather him. As weappraached; the. wind unfortu-. tiately headed.us, and foiled our attempt. I there fore passed under his lee, as close as it could he, done, without touching ; d poured round arid grape upon his decks, Which I itnagine did the 1i my d mage, for •we distinaly, beard the groans of the Wountied;' his grini - also did us tnatcrini injury, tau t of hiS i shot .takinn• betwcen wind . X', l . water; anti itritptt, on the point of renewing it ptuv,el . impossible. In the mean tirac the enemy . tacked, and Made sail to l'egaitt. rite _Bl3ure, r.nd nhor,l - i after lost of y that uui situaticut would. not. adtuit• of our Repoli ng e t he 'ene my. We ha l five, feet water in th• 2 hold, tilt! nia.: ..)!, • • !.'. • 7 . , gazinc afloat, the it - )Wer roasts wounOod, bovvrit and rnaininast badly', and th-.putni ;!.,rreasing on us , • iti: - ;ncli g - Wgry Ip r si MT' mak c. 34; it . tol ,w het h2r wt. should . ' 641 c; to prevent': Vessel sinking Miller ' • • 1.14. 40) . (.1,11p to ; secure our, prize, with the only,satisfaaion•left us•of havingdrove- Mari itf War,'Orrtinch tape.rior form!, off the field of detion, which we kept awing the space 0f.54E hounr; in . the veil, entrance of his own hi/Wan Y therefore trust that, when thenticirve partied lare arc. seen in ihei;- proper light, it Will be found that although . not successful in capturing the enemy, the Childers has supported the glory of the Navy., and the hohnur of the I fun happy to have thli opporlunity of testirying the spirited cow. dti6lB£ my Irifst Lieutertatit,' Mr. EnAtarthi, ai 'well as' the othe:r . (*flecks and Crew, who, ad t l is occao sion, behaved with that determined courage which ,at all tioir..s disitinguishei the bravery .of English ;men. , Mr. DiiummoNO and itlr. GORDON, Pilots, des.erVe , tnuch praise for the able manner In which they.tondueted us among the rocks. The Atting Carpe'Ater, Mr. INTA sox; his rendered him Self worthy of his appoitgment bY, his ability in' stopping the shot holei.. . . °" Not being nble to keep at sea, from the nature of our kaki and wounded masts, I could not put into execution the remaining part of your orders, have in conseqitence judged it proper to return to this an• chorJE,o wiiiriny Prize. 1 ant, 'S c. ' Rear... 4041441 NiAshon;&C'. &c. W. H. DiLLotr. " P. S.. , \Ve could riot possibly' ascertain the num ber of guns board the Dane, buthaving tnemutsd his length, in,which he had considerably the ad'van. tags of us, we are all of opinion that he had, at least, nine ports Of aside: the shot on board us. weigh 20 pounds." The Amdrica — u Schooner FaustAtt ATKINS Master, laden with barilla and fruit, has been forced into Kinsale by contrary winds.. She came last froth Torroreca, a small creek near Alicant, and has consequently been placed under 'quitantine.4— She left Alicant on the til i ita was l'ito•k•rt ut that Port the Squadron which sailecl"from hat ena had put into .IVlaj-orea',. and it 'was' added t hat the gAle of wind which drove them in had distnasted Sevp ral or all' ei the Squadron. Thelliternia, an A.tne•ri '64 'Vessel which had arrived at Alicant froth' Bristol in ballast to take in a t.trgo, had' been' seized upon I* - a French Privateer lyiztg at the forther Pot t, therely for having beeln 'visited n , l the passage ont by an English ernizor, and ininwiliately condemned. Master of the Hibernia is a passenger on board the Mohawk. On the gth in s ta n t, t h e M aster of the .1170/iewk spoke the 13utaPark, o f 74 guns, one of the Squadroti blockading Cadiz, under the command of Adiniral Puttvis. The Admiral hid then with him 13 Line-of-battle Ships. It was communicated to the ,Nahawk friim the' lidwaq, that a Fleet 'of Nlerchantthen from England . , bound up thd Mediterranean, had arrived .Gibraln:tr, un der conttoy. of a Frigate. • The Mahuttik reports nothing al: the English Squadrons in that sea, al though Shein alt likelihood had passed Sir limn It D STRACD AN. A Vessel is at length arrived in the Docksr rums Oporto ivitli a cargo of port wine, being the first since the last disturbance. Yesterday afternoon the infant son and , beir of the Ea'rl •and, Countess of Main was baptized at his Lordship's . ,Ato i t4se in Sts.jame's-place. The cis iii iy wps,pertoruled by the Bishop of LIMERICK ; ond the Sponsors were—the P r i nce of 'NV4l.ts, p uke of Noraoth, and the cotintess SPENCLit, His Royal Highness named the child GEoitoc Avousros &Nola.. After the caretudny. a 'most 'splendid and sumptuous eptertaiiirnent was gi ven . The Boxing Matche.s between young Belcher end Dochartli, and Thetc:it ~9-avz and. Cropi, Wore to take place ibis day.at !We've o'elOck. The London and Micl3l , :tex ;(.:,,,ions commenced yesterday. Some cases of were tried, L:ut none worthy of being particularly noticAl.